HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 7, 2018) -- “I

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 7, 2018) -- “I want to help my country, this is my job,” said Dr. Mohammad Aqa Wafa, head surgical doctor with the 505th Zone Afghan National Police (ANP) in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Wafa has served 31 years with the Afghan National Defense and Secruity Forces (ANDSF) in Helmand Province with both the ANP and the Afghan Border Force (ABF), helping to provide medical care to wounded ANDSF personel to get them back in the fight and provide security for the population. Wafa led the construction and set up of a new ANDSF hospital within the 505th Zone headquarters to tend to wounded personel, improving the ANP’s medical capabilites and providing a new center for casualities to be treated under ANDSF medical care. “When our guys are injured or wounded, we want to be able to be the ones to solve their problems.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sean J. Berry)